Re: Big 12 just voted to expand to 14

Originally Posted by chiefsfan

I'm sure Mohajir would jump on an opportunity to do that...the problem is that to do that involves convincing a bunch of those CUSA West schools that they actually made a deep mistake leaving the original SBC.

Not to mention, La Tech would have to cast aside their Big 12 aspirations first. There is a better chance of Scott Farmer choosing to go on a soul searching hike through the Mohave desert, and getting lost and eventually eaten by Coyotes frankly.

Seems like we would have to convince teams that with the small amount of TV revenue each conference is now getting, it is better to split the SBC and CUSA into Western and Eastern based conferences as in their best interests. If you can't get the TV revenue, lower travel costs, create closer rivalries where fans can actually travel to away games increasing attendance and gate revenue.

Thought he was taking fan interest. Again this is a different argument.

You decrease travel costs for your teams and will naturally increase revenue at the gate building regional rivalries...while the revenue from attendance wouldn't be a huge jump it would still be an Increase in revenue while decreasing your expenses....both going in the direction you want If we played in a conference with Tulane, USA, latech, usm, rice,stAte, TXST,UTSA, UNT